Title
Temperature Dependence of the Band Gap of CH3NH3PbI3 Stabilized with PMMA: A Modulated Surface Photovoltage Study
Date Issued
01 October 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Institute of Heterogeneous Materials
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
CH3NH3PbI3 layers chemically stabilized with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), relevant for photovoltaic applications, have been investigated by modulated surface photovoltage (SPV) spectroscopy at temperatures (T) between -182 and 60 °C. SPV is sensitive only to the PMMA/CH3NH3PbI3 interface region where photogeneration and charge separation take place. The T dependencies of the Tauc gap (Eg-Tauc, equivalent to absorption measurements) and of the gap determined from the maximum slope (Eg-tp, almost at increased absorption) were analyzed on the basis of the in-phase SPV spectra. At 32 °C, the values of Eg-Tauc and Eg-tp were 1.540 and 1.560 eV, respectively. A jump of Eg-Tauc and Eg-tp by 10 meV at 40 °C was interpreted as the transition from the tetragonal to the cubic phase at T lower than values known from literature. Eg-Tauc and Eg-tp of the cubic phase decreased with increasing T. In contrast, Eg-Tauc and Eg-tp of the tetragonal phase decreased moderately with decreasing T to 1.528 and 1.546 eV at -182 °C, respectively. No signature has been observed in Eg-Tauc and Eg-tp for the transition from the tetragonal to the orthorhombic phase. Structural interactions at PMMA/CH3NH3PbI3 interfaces seem important for phase transitions in CH3NH3PbI3 layers.
Start page
23968
End page
23972
Volume
119
Issue
42
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84945296068
Source
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
ISSN of the container
19327447
Sponsor(s)
Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst
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